Valentina Tumolo

Valentina excavating an 8th century structure in Lebanon
Research Associate

Valentina Tumolo has conducted research on glyptic and the phenomenon of seal impressions on pots in the Levant and Syria during the Early Bronze Age. Recent articles address the study of the corpora of vessels with seal impressions from diverse sites of the area, the petrographic investigation of the Early Bronze Age Levantine Combed Ware storage and transport jars from the Jordanian site of Khirbet ez-Zeraqon, and the development of olive production in southern and central Levant during the same period.

Region(s): 
Eastern Mediterranean, Levant, Syria, Turkey, Northern Iraq
Research Theme(s): 
Near Eastern Archaeology, Seals and Sealings, Ceramic Production, Food Storage Practices, Micromorphology

Remixing Çatalhöyük

Project: Remixing Çatalhöyük

Located in central Turkey, Çatalhöyük (”cha-tal-hu-yuk”) is the site of a Neolithic farming community that flourished from 9,400 until 7,700 years ago. The website is a production of Berkeley Archaeologists at Çatalhöyük (BACH), directed by Ruth Tringham a professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley.